Shade-holder.



G. W. GOODRIDGE. SHADE HOLDER. APPLIUATION FILED APE.25, 1912.

} 1,065,798. Patented June 24,1913.

W/TNESSES: V INVENTOR dwdmzfld UNITED STATES PATENT ost ich.

GILBERT W. GOODRIIDGE, OF BRIDGEPORT,

CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE BRYANT ELECTRIO C01VIPANY,.OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CON- NECTICUT.

l SHADE-HOLDER. 4

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 25, 1912'.

Serial No. 693,200.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GILBERT WV. Goon object of my invention being to provide an improved spring device for gripping the usual head at the upper edge of the shade or globe by which it is customary to support the latter in position.

In the accompanying illustrative drawing, Figure 1 is an elevation partly in vertical section of a shade holder in which my invention is embodied; Fig. 2 is a top plan thereof; Fig. 3 is a partially broken away inverted plan thereof; and Fig. 4 is a perspective of a detail.

The manner of fastening the shade holder on the socket is immaterial. In the example shown, the shade holder body is centrally perforated to permit the passage therethrough of the lamp receivingend of the socket shell 10, the parts abutting at the usual bead 11 on the latter and being united by solder.

The body of the shade holder in the form shown comprises a disk 12, with vertical pe-' ripheral skirt 13 and inwardly offset flange 14 at the lower edge of the latter. Within the inwardly faced channel, formed by skirt and flange, I secure a series of short spring bands 15, riveted at 20 to the skirt at one end and projecting inwardly at their free ends to engage the bead of the globe. In order to more effectively accomplish the latter function, the free end ofeach band is provided with an engaging tongue 16 offsetfrom the end of the band to lie in a substantially radial plane. The lower edge of the tongue 16 is beveled upward to facilitate the adjustment of the globe, while the upper edge is substantially flat or only slightly curved to conform to the curvature of the globe bead. The several springs 15 are normally in their extreme inward position and consequently, since they are of such strength that they cannot be spread by the engagement of the beveled lower edges of the tongues 16, by the globe bead. without danger of fracturing the latter in case it is upwardly projecting arm 17, which passes through a slot 18 in the disk 12 of the holder and is angled above the latter to form a head 19. The latter may be engaged by the finger to push the spring back toward the springs may be thus spread to afford an enwhich the springs arereleased and grip the globe bead by the inwardly pressedtongues of the globe is transmitted to the disk l2 of the holder through the heads 19 which made of such width however that it rests upon the inturned flange 14 in which case part of the globes weight would be transmitted to the latter.

16 are normally at their extreme inward position and are normally equally pressed toward this position. Consequently, even if but a single spring be retracted during the adjustment'of the globe, therelease of this spring will result in subjecting the others to equal tension through the transmission of forces by the globe. Consequently the device serves to automatically center the globe in adjusted position. Furthermore, with the exception of the 1 heads 19, the springs are completely concealed withinthe holder, thus presenting a neat and attractive appearance. Again, owing to the fact that the springs are concealed, they may be made of steel, only the heads 19 being finishedto correspond to the body of the holder.

being effective in its operation.

I claim as my inve1ition:

1. A shade holder having a slotted body portion and a depending peripheral flange thereon, in combination with inwardly proon said flange with their free ends normally at their innermost position, one of said tongueshaving an upwardlyextending lug passing through said slot-ted body-portion of the shade holder and overlying the sides of the slot to form a support and actuating member, for the purpose described.

PatentedJune 24., 1913.

of glass, I provide each spring 15, with an larged space between the tongue -16 to-'ad-- mit the globe bead, upon the insertion of It will be observed that the spring tongues skirt 18. If desired two or even three of the j 16, as will be readily understood. The weight span the slots 18; and the rivets 20 are thus relieved from strain. The spring may be i As will be readily recognized, the devicef is simple to make, while at the same time i ecting spring tongues tangentially mounted- 2. A shade holder comprising a bodyj member with slotted disk top and periph eral depending skirt, a series of spring catches rigidly secured within said skirt with their free ends normally at their innermost position, together with supporting heads on the free ends of said springs passing through the slots in said disk and spanning the latter to support upon the disk the weight of a globe engaged by said spring catches, substantially as described. 3. A shade holder comprising a body member with depending. skirt and inturned flange at the lower edge of the latter, in combination with spring catches rigidly secured within said skirt and supported at the lower edges of said flange, substantially as described.

4:. A shade holder having a depending peripheral flange, and a series of tangential spring catches each rigidly secured Within the same at one end andhaving atits free "end a globe engaging tongue ofiset tolie m a substantially radial positiomisaid tongues being normally in their extreme inwardly projecting position.

5. For use in a shade holder of the character described, a spring catch comprising In testimony whereof I have signed my name 'tO this specification, in the presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

v GILBERT WV. GOODRIDGE. Witnesses:

H. M. WVICHERT; H. W. BADEAU.

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